It was media day in Barcelona and players had to talk with a bunch of journalists. One of the journalists asked them to address russian fans and that was the result. Lewandowski was also pretty angry about it. Ignorance is no excuse of course, but some footballers are not the brightest lightbulbs. It wouldn't surprise me, if some of them don't even know what's going on over there or don't understand it at all.
Barcelona: Charged with corruption .... again!
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Yeah that does seem a bit unfair if that's the context, you'd probably want them to be informed about what's going on in the world (I'm not quite sure how you can be oblivious to what's going on in the Ukraine but I guess some people are), and this should probably have been part of their media trainings/briefings, but they probably had no idea what they were talking about.
If some of them don’t even know what is going on in Ukraine, they must be living in their own ivory tower x999. Also why has the journalists asked them to address Russian fans? Don’t the journalists know what the public reaction will be?
What's wrong with addressing Russian fans? Are we cancelling the entire Russian population (of which are football fans and probably some Barca fans) now as a result of the war?
Yes, everyone except Harms.
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I don't know how I would feel about him leaving.
One the one hand, although he dropped his form a bit lately, he is an excellent defender overall and played a big part in stabilizing our defense this season. It's risky to sell such a player without having a proper replacement. Especially because Araujo is injury prone.
On the other hand, he said it many times he doesn't feel comfortable on the right side and I don't see how it will change going into the next season, because Araujo and Christensen are better than him in the centre right now. So having an expensive, dissatisfied player in the team is not a great solution, if you could make good money by selling him for around €60-70m and that would help immensely with the ffp for the coming summer transfers of Gundogan and Messi.
But if we sell him, we would definetly need a proper right-back and he would also cost a lot of money.
for a team that has a lot of financial restrictions placed on them, they sure have quite the laundry list of players they are targeting this summer
In the event that Kounde leaves, I think the most logical option is Foyth. He can play RB and CB and is Xavi's favourite.
You would also have some money left over for the signing of Zubimendi.
I dont understand so if possible can you enlighten me? Kounde and Ralphinha were this season’s signings, why is Barcelona letting them leave just after 1 season?
Kounde has asked to hear offers from other clubs. He doesn't want to play RB again.
Ralphinha for a while was not comfortable at Barcelona because he was a substitute for Dembele. And having a player that you can make a lot of money for on the bench wouldn't be very smart financially.
Barcelona can make money from these operations and sign necessary players.
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This is huge. Everything indicated he will fulfill his contract. Did he get a huge offer from Saudi Arabia too?
Alemany opens a bottle of champagne right now. With Busquets and Alba gone, the club frees up around €60m in Masa Salarial.
The game on sunday against Mallorca will be very emotional. We say goodbye to Busquets, Alba and Camp Nou
In the end that the departures of Pique, Busquets and Alba Barcelona will save a lot of money. The goal is closer.
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This is huge. Everything indicated he will fulfill his contract. Did he get a huge offer from Saudi Arabia too?
Alemany opens a bottle of champagne right now. With Busquets and Alba gone, the club frees up around €60m in Masa Salarial.
The game on sunday against Mallorca will be very emotional. We say goodbye to Busquets, Alba and Camp Nou
Sergi Roberto stays and Ansu will probably leave. Mendes has asked Barcelona to lower the price a little.
Have they sold a badge logo? Maybe Coca Cola is interested.
They won't return to the camp nou until November 2024 and will play at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadi_Olímpic_Lluís_Companys
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadi_Olímpic_Lluís_Companys
https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/barcelona-issues-bonds-camp-nou-revamp-2023-05-31/
"Barcelona issued bonds on Wednesday to finance the revamp of its Camp Nou stadium, agreeing to pay 6%-7.22% interest depending on maturities, more than initially expected, according to data published on the Vienna stock exchange."
"Barca's financial director has estimated the net interest rate would average about 5.5%..."
"Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) said the revised preliminary debt structure forced it to downgrade the financing plan's rating to BBB from BBB+ due to additional refinancing and interest rate risk. It later converted its preliminary rating to unpublished from published at the club's request."
I worked at a rating agency and have a very clear idea of what conversations were held prior to that.
"Barcelona issued bonds on Wednesday to finance the revamp of its Camp Nou stadium, agreeing to pay 6%-7.22% interest depending on maturities, more than initially expected, according to data published on the Vienna stock exchange."
"Barca's financial director has estimated the net interest rate would average about 5.5%..."
"Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) said the revised preliminary debt structure forced it to downgrade the financing plan's rating to BBB from BBB+ due to additional refinancing and interest rate risk. It later converted its preliminary rating to unpublished from published at the club's request."
I worked at a rating agency and have a very clear idea of what conversations were held prior to that.
ABC es is a trash source in fairness
Laporta and Tebas had a 2.5 hour dinner together in the Laporta's home.
La Liga (Tebas) has given his approval to Barcelona's financial plan and Barcelona (Laporta) has withdrawed from the lawsuit against La Liga because of the CVC affair.
It's not football. It's La Liga.
Was this the 'levers' thread?
Anyway, when Radcliffe was trying to buy 50% of Barcelona, he told them:
Anyway, when Radcliffe was trying to buy 50% of Barcelona, he told them:
Considering Ratcliffe’s track record at Nice, I Gail to see how he would have helped Barcelona.
Let’s not turn this into a Ratcliffe thread guys.
The key from that quote for me is the fact they knew they were selling the future of the club but didn’t care because it wouldn’t be on them to sort it out. This seems to me exactly why they are in the mess they are, and why I wouldn’t want fan ownership or democracy at United. It’s just a popularity contest to be president and the future of the club goes largely by the wayside.
The key from that quote for me is the fact they knew they were selling the future of the club but didn’t care because it wouldn’t be on them to sort it out. This seems to me exactly why they are in the mess they are, and why I wouldn’t want fan ownership or democracy at United. It’s just a popularity contest to be president and the future of the club goes largely by the wayside.
Every five years, some Gibronis comes in, cleans up the previous presidents crap..rinse and repeat. Can they not invest and not spend for a season or two, and make some savings...
Agreed, it's not about Ratcliffe, it's about Barcelona.
Wonder what their end game is? Luck their way through for as long as possible and then hope for a bailout or something?
Playing with fire.
Uefa cut off Barcelona and Real Madrid’s future revenue stream lifeline
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...a-real-madrid-uefa-future-revenue-stream-ffp/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...a-real-madrid-uefa-future-revenue-stream-ffp/
Womp womp
Is it from now or the money they raised last summer doesnt count either?
In the next cycle it says so I’d imagine the money they raised last summer won’t count in the future cycles of FFP.
All those poor levers..
https://en.as.com/soccer/ousmane-de...ez-why-he-wants-to-leave-barcelona-for-psg-n/
According to AS, Barcelona asked Dembele to give them some of the transfer fee his contract entitles him to.
Looks like the levers didn't work...
According to AS, Barcelona asked Dembele to give them some of the transfer fee his contract entitles him to.
Looks like the levers didn't work...
thats a mental contract they gave him if true
Good on Dembele.
Think he had all the power in negotiations as he was gonna leave on a free without his terms being met. At least they're getting 25mil instead of nothing.
That said, must eye wateringly painful only making 25mil off a player you invested nearly 150mil in and who's likely yet to hit his peak, especially when you're already skint as a club.
They were all wanking themselves silly this time last year that he signed a new deal on lower wages simply out of pure love for the club.
Utterly delusional.
The club’s previous management would have been fired withij a short period of time in any normal functioning MNC for financial mismanagement. This also shows that their electorate are full of not very smart people
'Alms for an ex leper'
Couldn't happen to a nicer club could it?
Let‘s set up a crowd fund for these poor feckers…